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Dignitaries and students at ESIC Medical College and Hospital in Ludhiana. A significant milestone was achieved on Tuesday as the ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, commenced its first academic session by organising a foundation course for its inaugural batch of MBBS students. This moment marks the beginning of medical education under the aegis of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India, and the fulfilment of the vision to establish the first government medical coll
Hyderabad: The National Medical Commission (NMC), the regulatory authority for medical education in India, cautioned MBBS aspirants and their parents not to fall for fake offers promising easy admissions and offshore courses that are not legally sanctioned. The commission pointed out several unauthorised medical colleges operating in India without requisite approvals that mislead students and parents by offering bogus courses. In an advisory, NMC listed out important points during admission process in medical colleges across India and mandatory rules while pursuing education in foreign count ...Read More >
New Delhi/Bhopal/Raipur, July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a sweeping action exposing deep-rooted corruption in medical college regulation and accreditation, the CBI arrested six people, including three doctors, and busted a racket involving self-styled godman Rawatpura Sarkar, former UGC Chairman D.P. Singh and a network of officials and middlemen, an official said on Saturday. The muli-state corruption racket forced the CBI to raided more than 40 locations in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has named 34 and one ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 21 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought the Centre's response on a plea against a notification increasing the limit of non-medical faculty for MBBS students for Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Pharmacology. A bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela issued notice to the Centre on the plea, which claimed the regulations were diluting the standards of medical education. The petition sought the judicial intervention to strike down certain provisions of the Teachers Eligibility Qualifications in Medical Institutions ...Read More >
The Union Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Modi, has sanctioned a significant expansion of India's medical education infrastructure. Over 10,000 undergraduate and postgraduate seats will be added in government medical institutions through centrally sponsored schemes. This initiative aims to boost the availability of specialist doctors and strengthen healthcare capacity nationwide with a total outlay of ₹15,034.50 crore. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved a m ...Read More >
CHENNAI: The National Medical Commission has given a conditional approval for the year 2025-2026 to 35 government medical colleges for which show cause notices were issued in May. According to official sources, all the 35 colleges got the approval on the condition that they rectify the shortage of staff and other deficiencies specified in four months. The NMC had sent show cause notices to 35 out of 36 government medical colleges, including Stanley Medical College and Omandurar Medical College, ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 6 (PTI) Non-teaching specialists or consultants with 10 years of experience at government hospitals can now be appointed as associate professors, while those with two years can serve as assistant professors without the mandatory senior residency, in a move to widen the pool of eligible faculty. The new regulations by the National Medical Council (NMC) also stipulate that non-teaching government hospitals with over 220 beds can now be designated as teaching institutions, The previous 2022 regulations allowed non-teaching doctors to become assistant professors after two years in ...Read More >
The Delhi High Court is reviewing a plea against a notification that raises the limit of non-medical faculty for teaching MBBS students. The petition argues that this change dilutes medical education standards. It seeks to overturn certain provisions of the National Medical Commission's 2025 regulations. The Delhi High Court has issued a notice to the Central government regarding a plea challenging an amendment that raises the permissible limit of non-medical faculty for teaching Anatomy, Physio ...Read More >
Mumbai: Resident doctors across Maharashtra are grappling with faculty shortage, poor academic supervision, increasing workload and lack of adequate infrastructure, according to a recent survey conducted by the Federation of All India Medical Associations (FAIMA). Though overburdened, resident doctors do not have access to any grievance redressal mechanism or mental health support systems. On the contrary, they are forced to manage rising patient loads with minimal supervision and limited academic support, in violation of guidelines issued by the National Medical Council (NMC), the Central Ma ...Read More >
VIJAYAWADA: The State government on Friday accorded approvals to a slew of industries. Among those are Krishnapatnam Power Corporation Limited (KPCL), which is set to establish a 350 MW Solar and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Thamminapatnam and Mommidi villages of SPSR Nellore district with a Rs 1,225 crore investment, creating 575 jobs. Furthermore, the government also waived off a Rs 54 crore extension of time fee, contingent on project completion within two years as per the Andhra Pradesh Integrated Clean Energy Policy-2024. The government also allocated 22.80 acres at MPSEZ in N ...Read More >
New Delhi: Non-teaching specialists or consultants with 10 years of experience at government hospitals can now be appointed as associate professors, while those with two years can serve as assistant professors without the mandatory senior residency, in a move to widen the pool of eligible faculty. The new regulations by the National Medical Council (NMC) also stipulate that non-teaching government hospitals with over 220 beds can now be designated as teaching institutions. The previous 2022 regulations allowed non-teaching doctors to become assistant professors after two years in 330-bed non- ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Citing months of unpaid stipends, poor infrastructure, and faculty shortages, junior doctors from all 34 government medical colleges in Telangana will go on an indefinite strike starting June 30. In a letter to the director of medical education, the Telangana Junior Doctors Association (TJUDA) said repeated appeals since November 2024 had gone unanswered. "Junior doctors are the backbone of government hospitals. We're working 36-hour shifts under extreme pressure without receiving what's rightfully ours," the letter stated. Stipend payments for senior residents, postgraduates and ...Read More >
India's medical education is set for a big change. The National Medical Council has new rules. These rules allow more experienced doctors to become professors. Government hospitals with 220 beds can now be teaching centers. The goal is to increase the number of medical seats. This will help India get more doctors and improve healthcare.Non-teaching specialists or consultants with 10 years of experience at government hospitals can now be appointed as associate professors, while those with two year ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sep 12 (PTI) The Indian Medical Association (IMA)'s Maharashtra chapter has warned of a strike on September 18 if the state government does not withdraw its fresh notification on registration of homeopathic doctors who have completed certificate course in modern pharmacology. Earlier this year, the state government directed the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) to register homeopaths who had completed the one-year Certificate Course in Modern Pharmacology (CCMP), allowing such practitioners to prescribe allopathic medicines to patients in select cases. A fresh government resolution ( ...Read More >
VMPL Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], December 2: HEJJE, India's first luxury transition care centre, opened their doors today, ahead of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities with an aim of revolutionizing recovery and rehabilitation, thereby setting new standards in healthcare. Dr M.R.Seetharam - Vice Chairman of Ramaiah Group of Institutions, ex-Minister and current MLA did the honours of lighting the lamp to inaugurate HEJJE. The Launch of HEJJE saw the much-anticipated panel discussion featuring luminaries such as Dr. Nandini Mundkur, Prof. Shekar Sheshadri, Dr Saraswathy Viswa ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 14 (PTI) The National Medical Commission (NMC) has directed all medical colleges to publish the complete course-wise fee structure and details of stipends paid to interns, junior residents, and senior residents on their official websites. In a public notice, the NMC said non-compliance will result in the issuance of a show-cause notice, imposition of financial penalties, withdrawal of course recognition and suspension of admissions. The public notice mentioned that the Supreme Court, in its April 29, 2025 judgment titled State of Uttar Pradesh and Ors. vs. Miss Bhavna Tiwari a ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has, yet again, taken a U-turn over the issue of medical colleges and institutions not paying stipends to their interns and postgraduate scholars. In the latest notice issued July 11, the statutory body that regulates medical education, professionals, and research in India, said all medical institutions must submit the complete course-wise fee structure and details regarding stipend payment to MBBS interns, junior residents and senior residents, etc. The notice warned that non-compliance will result in the issuance of show-cause notices, finan ...Read More >
New Delhi- For thousands of Indian students unable to secure a medical seat at home, studying MBBS abroad often appears as a practical alternative. But a fresh advisory by the National Medical Commission (NMC) suggests that this route may be far riskier than it seems. In a detailed alert issued on April 1, the Commission has warned that students enrolling in non-compliant foreign medical colleges could find themselves ineligible to practise medicine in India, despite completing their degrees. The advisory, issued by the Under-Graduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB), builds on a series of wa ...Read More >
India's medical education is set for a big change. The National Medical Council has new rules. These rules allow more experienced doctors to become professors. Government hospitals with 220 beds can now be teaching centers. The goal is to increase the number of medical seats. This will help India get more doctors and improve healthcare.Non-teaching specialists or consultants with 10 years of experience at government hospitals can now be appointed as associate professors, while those with two years can serve as assistant professors without the mandatory senior residency, in a move to widen the ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Oct 25: Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh today highlighted the rapidly changing paradigm of medical education in India as also that of health care, pointing to a transformative decade that has made healthcare in India more accessible, affordable, and inclusive. Addressing the Foundation Day and College Convocation of the University College of Medical Sciences (UCMS) as chief guest, Dr. Jitendra Singh awarded MBBS and MD degrees upon undergraduate and postgraduate students. The Minister observed that medical education in India has witnessed a paradigm shift in the past decade with ...Read More >
New Delhi: Despite there being uproar around initiating medical education in Hindi, the plan hasn't taken off yet. Many experts believe that launching this initiative without adequate preparation would amount to rushing things. Others believe that the medical curriculum should be taught in English only, as the country lacks resources to start medical education in Hindi. Taking this debate forward, former General Secretary of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) Dr DR Rai pointed out that Hindi should be promoted, but it would be too early to start medical education in Hindi in India at this p ...Read More >
VIJAYAWADA: Dr NTR University of Health Sciences (NTRUHS) has released a revised notification for MBBS admissions under the Competent Authority Quota (CAQ) for the academic year 2025-26, following the National Medical Commission's (NMC) approval of new seats and institutions. The NMC has sanctioned an increase of 30 seats at Government Medical College, Ongole, raising its intake from 120 to 150. Santhiram Medical College, Nandyal, has been permitted to expand from 150 to 200 seats. A new institution, Anna Gowri Medical College and Hospital in Puttur, Tirupati district, has been approved with ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: The central got has approved a major expansion of postgraduate (PG) medical seats across the country ahead of the new admission cycle, adding over 11,000 seats in govt and self-financed medical colleges.In Gujarat, more than 250 additional PG medical seats have been sanctioned across various govt and medical society-run institutions. State govt officials said the move was aimed at meet the growing demand for specialist doctors and strengthening both medical education and healthcare inf ...Read More >
The JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mauritius (JSSAHERM) has said that its MBBS programme has been accredited by the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Government of Mauritius, and the establishment of the JSS School of Medicine at Vacoas in Mauritius has been formally approved. This was disclosed at a press conference here on Monday by Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swami of Suttur Mutt, who heads the JSS Mahavidyapeetha, Mysuru. Executive Secretary C.G. Betsurmath, JSS AHER Pro-chan ...Read More >
India has added 48,563 MBBS seats and 29,080 postgraduate (MD/MS) seats between the academic years 2020-21 and 2025-26, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. In a written reply to an unstarred question, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel said the expansion was undertaken based on inputs from the National Medical Commission (NMC) to bridge healthcare workforce gaps, especially in underserved regions. Also Read | India's first M ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday said it would examine whether the sharp reduction in the qualifying marks for NEET-PG 2025-26 affects the standard of postgraduate medical education. A bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe made the remarks while hearing a batch of petitions challenging the reduction in the percentile cut-off for the current academic year. "Adversely affecting the quality of education is what we are concerned about more than anything. It is about the quality. You will have to satisfy us that the reduction of the cutoff so drastically...will have little i ...Read More >
The National Medical Commission warns Indian students about foreign private medical colleges not meeting NMC regulations. The NMC requires a minimum 54-month medical degree and 12-month internship at the same institution. Non-compliance may lead to disqualification for registration in India. Students should research colleges to avoid future complications.The National Medical Commission (NMC) has issued a renewed warning to Indian students against enrolling in private medical colleges abroad that do not comply with its established regulations. In 2021, the NMC introduced the Foreign Medical Gr ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Flooded with grievances from medical students, parents, and other stakeholders on various academic and clinical training issues, including the non-payment of stipends to interns and postgraduates, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has advised that these complaints should first be handled by the colleges, followed by the universities they are affiliated with, and then by the states. In its advisory, the NMC also said, "If a grievance requires intervention at the NMC level, the same may be escalated to NMC for necessary resolution." This is the first time that NMC has clearly sta ...Read More >
"You will have to satisfy us that this drastic reduction in the cut-off, virtually bringing it to zero, does not affect the quality of the education. We are concerned about the quality of the medical education," a bench of justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe told the Centre's counsel. The court issued formal notices on a batch of petitions challenging the reduction in cut-off and posted the matter for hearing next week. Senior advocates Pinki Anand, Gopal Sankaranarayanan and DS Naidu appeare ...Read More >
Agartala, Sep 26 (PTI) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Friday said the National Medical Council has almost sanctioned a proposal to introduce 50 more MBBS seats in the Agartala Govt Medical College (AGMC). Currently, the AGMC has 150 MBBS seats and 115 postgraduate seats in different disciplines. While speaking at a programme, the CM said, "We have approached the National Medical Council (NMC) for the introduction of 50 more MBBS seats in AGMC and the proposal has been almost sanctioned", ...Read More >
Vijayawada: Postgraduate medical education in the state received a major boost with the addition of 106 new PG medical seats in government medical colleges. Health minister Y Satya Kumar Yadav said in a statement on Saturday that the National Medical Commission (NMC) had approved these additional seats in various broad specialty courses, including General Medicine, Gynaecology, and other disciplines. Of the newly-sanctioned seats, 60 have been allotted to five new government medical colleges and 46 to existing ones. With this, the total number of PG broad specialty seats in government college ...Read More >